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The Iron Giant

Summary: A young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.

Release Date: August 06, 1999

Genres: Animation, Action, Adventure

Director: Brad Bird

Writers: Tim McCanlies

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Animation

Distributor: Cartoon Network, HBO Max, Nickelodeon Network, PBS Kids Sprout, The WB Television Network, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, Denmark

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 70,000,000

Domestic: $ 23,315,035

International: $ 20,782

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1950s 2d animation 9 year old abstract art actor voicing multiple characters actress voicing multiple characters alien alien contact alien robot amnesia animal in pants anti violence army auburn hair based on book based on novel bathroom battle bb gun beatnik bed bicycle binoculars blood boat boulder boy brown haired boy cafe calming someone down camera car cgi effect character name in title chase child child in jeopardy child protagonist child's point of view chloroform chocolate classroom coffee cold war collision comic book coming of age corrupt official cow crash landing cult film darkroom daydream dead animal death deer deer hunting diarrhea diner dinner directorial debut disbelief earth viewed from space eating metal electrocution escape espresso explosion extraterrestrial extraterrestrial robot falling from height fear fighter jet fish out of water flashback flashlight flying flying robot forest friend friendship general giant robot glacier government agent gun gun control hand drawn animation helmet hit by a train hope human nonhuman relationship hunter ice cream iceland implied insanity interrogation jumping into a lake junk dealer junkyard killing an animal knocked unconscious lake laxative lifting someone into the air lighthouse live electrical wire maine male protagonist mechanical lifeform memorial memory metal metal sculpture meteorite military military jeep missile mother son relationship motorcycle newspaper no opening credits nuclear missile outer space paranoia part computer animation peril photograph pipe smoking popcorn power outage power station prayer prejudice presumed dead pretending to be a statue raccoon rage rampage reference to god reference to jack paar reference to mad magazine reference to superman reference to the cold war repressed memory rescue resurrection rifle robot robot as pathos robot as protagonist robot human friendship robot human relationship robot sci fi rock saying grace school schoolteacher scrap metal screw sculptor self repair self sacrifice severed hand single mother single parent small town snow soldier squirrel statue steampunk sci fi storm at sea submarine surprise ending the iron giant character threat three word title tidal wave timeframe 1950s toilet toilet paper tow truck toy gun traditional animation tragic hero train train tracks train wreck tree unconsciousness uprooting a tree waitress watching tv water weapon window window nailed shut wisecrack humor woods year 1957 yin yang symbol

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